[SOLVED]Having problems with scaling.

mudscripts · 2018-08-01 20:36:22

Hi, I've been using arch for some time now but I recently started having two of my monitors in portrait rather than landscape, for programming.

This has caused an issue where my everything scales up to at least double its original size. The only things that keep its true size are Thunderbird and Firefox(both programs work as intended but the border and border text are scaled up).

I've done my best to try and figure this one out, but I'm stuck...

Hardware in use:

CPU: i7-5930k
RAM: 32 GB crucial 2133MHz
GPU: 980ti(with proprietary drivers.)
MB:  Asus x99-ws/ipmi

Kernel:

Linux 4.17.11-arch1 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Screenshot of the problem

The system is up to date, ran sudo pacman -Syu some 10 minutes ago.

I'll throw everything you guys want your way. This is really starting to annoy me, the only thing I know is that it has something to do with portrait mode.

Last edited by mudscripts (2018-08-02 11:29:20)

radiomike · 2018-08-01 22:32:16

Would be helpful to know what you've tried already. Also useful to know is, what desktop environment/window manager setup and output of

xrandr -q --verbose

A good place to look for more info would be the HiDPI page in the wiki.

mudscripts · 2018-08-02 10:06:24

Here's a link to a Pastebin containing the xrandr output.

I've yet to try anything specific, I'm still in the process of googling and trying to figure out what I can do. I'm using i3wm, nothing fancy like gaps or anything.

I'll check up on HiDPI now. Thanks.

Edit:

The problem is now solved.. I feel pretty stupid for not setting up DPI and the other variables in my .Xresources-file.

I did the following to solve my issue:

Read the HiDPI wiki-post as suggested.
Which involved including this

 
~/.Xresources

Xft.dpi: 180
Xft.autohint: 0
Xft.lcdfilter:  lcddefault
Xft.hintstyle:  hintfull
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.antialias: 1
Xft.rgba: rgb

to my .Xresources, only thing I changed was the DPI value, mine is now set to 100.

Thanks for helping me.

Last edited by mudscripts (2018-08-02 11:28:36)

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#1 2018-08-01 20:36:22

[SOLVED]Having problems with scaling.

#2 2018-08-01 22:32:16

Re: [SOLVED]Having problems with scaling.

#3 2018-08-02 10:06:24

Re: [SOLVED]Having problems with scaling.

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